Desalination News

  1. Energy Recovery Awarded $31M In Desalination Contracts In The Gulf Region 9/3/2025

    Energy Recovery recently reported contract awards totaling approximately $31M for its PX Pressure Exchanger (PX) energy recovery devices for multiple seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) desalination projects in Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and other GCC countries.

  2. TAQA To Expand Global Water Platform Through USD 1.2 Billion Acquisition Of GS Inima 8/25/2025

    Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC ("TAQA" or the "Group"), one of the largest listed integrated utilities in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire a 100% interest in GS Inima, a global leader in water treatment and water desalination, from GS Engineering & Construction.

  3. Toward Improved Desalination: Characterizing Membranes In Wet vs. Dry States Reveals Dramatic Differences 8/24/2025

    A joint study by researchers from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology and the University of Texas at Austin sheds new light on the structure of membranes used in water desalination.

  4. 500+ Global Water And Climate Leaders Converging On Reykjavík This October For IDRA Summit On Water And Climate Change: Adaptation And Mitigation 8/22/2025

    The International Desalination and Reuse Association (IDRA) will bring together ministers, CEOs, policymakers, scientists, developers, finance agencies, venture capitalists, sustainability professionals, and innovators from across the globe in Reykjavík from October 12–14, 2025, for the IDRA Reykjavík Summit on Water and Climate Change.

  5. Columbia University Partners With Cetos Water To Commercialise Award-Winning Water Innovation 8/7/2025

    A breakthrough desalination technology developed at Columbia University and recognised at last year’s Global Prize for Innovation in Water (GPIW) is now moving toward commercialisation through water tech pioneer Cetos Water.

  6. Drexel To Lead $5M Multinational Effort To Produce MXene Materials For Water Desalination And Medical Diagnostics 7/23/2025

    Drexel University is embarking on a three-year, $5-M multinational collaboration to produce MXene nanomaterials.

  7. Lantania Will Build A 600,000m3/Day Desalination Plant In Saudi Arabia 7/23/2025

    Lantania, in consortium with Mutlaq Al-Ghowairi Contracting Company (MGC), will build for the Saudi Water Authority (SWA), Jubail reverse osmosis seawater desalination plant in Saudi Arabia, with a capacity of 600,000m3/day.

  8. Construction Begins On Non-Potable Water Production For OOWV 7/21/2025

    The groundbreaking ceremony for the first non-potable water plant for the Oldenburgisch-Ostfriesischer Wasserverband (OOWV) took place in Nordenham on 30 June.

  9. Toray Supplying Reverse Osmosis Membranes For Sustainable Next-Gen Desalination Plant In Western Saudi Arabia 7/16/2025

    Toray Industries, Inc. announced today that it has supplied reverse osmosis (RO) membranes to the Shuaibah 3 IWP seawater desalination plant in Saudi Arabia through Dammam-based subsidiary Toray Membrane Middle East LLC.

  10. CarbonBlue Launches World-First Integration Of Carbon Dioxide Removal With Desalination Plant 7/15/2025

    In a world-first for the Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) industry, CarbonBlue has launched a new pilot integrating CO₂ removal directly into a working desalination facility.